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Show CAPTURES RUNAWAY' ENGINE. How a Plucky Engineer Overtook His Locomotive on an English Railway. One of the finest stories in the history his-tory of the English railways centers round a runaway engine on the Stockton Stock-ton & Darlington lino. Tho engine was observed by the driver of another aud more powerful one. Seeing the fugitive speodlng In the direction of Darlington, he uncoupled un-coupled his own engine, crossed the points and set out in pursuit on the same line. It was a long chase, but the pursuer, driven at top speed, grad-ually grad-ually overhauled the runaway. At last It came near enough for the driver to crawl to tho front of his engine en-gine and drop a stout chain over the tender hook of the other. He returned to his footplate, shut off Bteam, and screwed down his brake. This steadied tho one in front and bo retarded Its rlace that the driver was able now to creep from his own engine on to the runaway, put on tho brake aud bring It to a standstill, almost al-most in the crowded Darlington station. |